Asterix: The Mansions of The Gods by Rene Goscinny - ISBN: 9780752866383
Hardcover
Roman condos vs. Gauls: Can luxury conquer invincibility?

Asterix: The Mansions of The Gods

Album 17

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  • Hardcover

    48 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2005

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Summary

Why not infiltrate the little Gaulish village by building a modern housing estate? That’s the plan thought up by trendy Roman architect Squaronthehypotenus to help Caesar crush the indomitable Gauls. Will the villagers be tempted by the chance of making money when the first Roman tenants move in? And what about the Gauls’ secret weapon? Roll up to see the Roman remains!

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780752866383
ISBN-10:0752866389
Author:Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Orion Children's Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:48
Release Date:1 January 2005
Weight:456g
Dimensions:295mm x 223mm x 13mm
Series:Asterix
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A cartoon drawn with such supreme artistry, and a text layered with such glorious wordplay, satire and historical and political allusion that no reader should ever feel like they’ve outgrown it.–TIME OUTThe Asterix books represent the very summit of our achievement as a literary race. In Asterix one finds all of human life. The fact that the books were written originally in French is no matter. I have read them all in many languages and, like all great literature, they are best in English. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, Asterix’s translators since the very beginning, have made great books into eternal flames.–THE TIMES

About The Author

Rene Goscinny

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.

Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. ASTERIX THE GAUL, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 34 Asterix albums.

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